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First-quarter earnings are starting to roll out, with some companies already reporting. However, we're just starting to get to the point where the big tech companies are releasing results, and their

The U.S. equity market enjoyed impressive rallies in 2023 and 2024, fueled mainly by optimism around artificial intelligence (AI). However, 2025 is proving to be a different story as markets grapple

Between the uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump's tariff policy, consumers being increasingly reluctant to spend on discretionary purchases, and several other factors, a U.S. recession in

While there are only three major wireless providers in the United States, competition can be fierce. Verizon (NYSE: VZ) scored a win in the fourth quarter of last year with significant consumer

The great benefit of owning a high-yield dividend stock is that it doesn't take much to reach an important milestone with its payouts. That's one of the numerous attractions of Verizon

Investors who thought sports apparel and shoe company Nike (NYSE: NKE) was a good buy at the end of 2024, following a 30% decline, have unfortunately been dead wrong -- at least for now. Year to

Investors who allocate capital to the financial services space will likely be familiar with industry heavyweights such as JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Visa, Mastercard, and Charles Schwab. I'm

Though the stock market is a bona fide wealth creator for those who exercise patience and perspective, it's not an investment vehicle that gets from Point A to B in a straight line.

Over the last

Though the last two months have been a roller-coaster ride for Wall Street, the previous two-plus years were dominated by optimism. In 2024, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq

After sell-offs yesterday, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock rallied in Tuesday's trading. The semiconductor company's share price gained 2.8% amid a 2.5% gain for the S&P 500 and a 2.7% gain for the

Investors concerned about relatively weak oil prices got a boost Tuesday from comments by Chevron (NYSE: CVX) CEO Mike Wirth. Making rather bullish statements about both the energy business and the

The stocks of big-box retailers and large e-commerce companies rebounded today, as news reports hinted at progress on negotiations between the Trump administration and trade partners. U.S. Treasury

Expectations were low for Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) heading into earnings season, but the company's results turned out better than some had expected.

Shares of Lockheed opened down nearly 4% but

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is a retailing behemoth. It has almost 11,000 stores worldwide. In Q4 2025 (ended Jan. 31), it generated $181 billion in revenue. It currently sports a monster $748 billion

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will face many questions from investors about how its business is dealing with rising uncertainty when it meets with Wall Street analysts on April 30.

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Many investors vividly remember some of the darkest days of the Great Recession. Additionally, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank a few years ago sent ripples through the industry.

That said

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock investors have much to look forward to when the company announces its quarterly financial results.

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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is at the epicenter of increasing geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China, and investors will want to know how the business is coping.

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Investors may not know what to make of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock. Although it attained the world's largest market cap through inventing new, tech-related products, growth and innovation have

The key to Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) turnaround is the Intel 18A manufacturing process, the final process in the company's original five-nodes-in-four-years plan. Intel will not only make Intel 18A

President Trump's economic policies are causing significant volatility in the stock market. On April 3, he announced his administration would impose expansive tariffs on most countries. Then, about

For more than a century, the stock market has been the premier wealth-builder for investors. While real estate, Treasury bonds, and various commodities, such as gold, silver, and oil, have all risen

With shares up 647% since 2022, Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has performed spectacularly over the last three years, highlighting the potentially life-changing power of tech investing.

All of the major stock market indices were sharply lower on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq-100 all down by about 3% for the day, adding to recent declines.

The

Shares in Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) were down by 3% in today's trading at 3:20 p.m. ET. The decline comes on a bad day for the markets overall and, more importantly, for the commodities that drive